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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST SCHIEPE, or BERLIN, GERMANY, sssrenon 'ro nuco FmEnmhmoF GHARLOTTENBURG, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY. v

I TYPEQETTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

-1 a u ti fl d. January 8, 1906. Serial No. 294,886. l I

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Be it known thatl, Avousr Sonrsra, a subject of the German Emperor, and a residentof Berlin, :Blilcherstrasse 67, Empire of Germanyyhaveinvented certain new'and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Machines; and I do hereby decl'arelthefollowing to be a .full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such Jns will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- Jpertains to make and use the same, reference being had 'tothe accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures 1 of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I a The present invention relates to an ir'nprovedftype .setting machine and consists in certain improvements .of detailswhich-will he hereinafter explained and which-will be more particularly pointed out in the Figure 1 of the accompanyingjillustmtive drawing *shows in perspective a justifying wedge constructed according, this invention, in a number of sizes. Figs.

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nectedl"; f'each otheiiiby 1 5. 1m cross pieces 1 theyjcaa-bejeasily broken (-315. further piece 1' on L5 lower end of the wedgeservesto afford the necessary-guide torthe justifying wedges in the composing tick, asiwillfcbe hereinafter more fully explained.

ngtheqwedge aaillustrated -the justifying pieces are onnecied byg. two= cross pieces .1. but ,inusome cases 103mm thanj'twoicros's' piecesyo'r' only a-single crossgpiece inny be semployedfaccordingdto requirementm. As the lg height of-=eachjustifying piece -isat most notigreater hani ithe' height-of ar letter .hfitype" thewedges: mustv ha I e-=di fferent] dimensions according to magmas of y hars ne s: e-duress:- j r.

or;:.t1. ;pug s ;ors ga ithe' effective driving 'f of tho wed'ges orin rting'thewedgem -o lines and driving? Ither'ri: "in accoiding to the -nproved method under 5qnotioe appamtusiconstructe Tas shown-in Figs. 2 to f'may be employed. The justifying wedges 1 are stacked in a channel and are released therefrom from timeto time as desired by striking a special key of the key board T. This special key dra'ws down a stop hook 4 by means of a rod 3 and the forward-wedge then with the types fed from thetype magazineqby the belt 5 into the composing stick- 6 in which they are pressed, together with the types, by the action of the star wheel 7; The composing stick 6 which a has, in the usual way, a somewhat backwardly inclined position is approximately gutter shaped and its rear side wall has on its inside upper edge a rectangular recess 8 in which the feet of the types 9 rest while the forward portions of the type rest freely upon the flat edge of the front side wall of the composing stick so that the compositor working in frorit of the machine at the key board 'l can readily see the letters, check the sentence and correct it, if necessary.

v in the gutter of the composing stick and are thereby clined position of thestick. The breadth of the justifying wedges corresponds to the: width of the gap in the composing stick and is'therefore less than the body .heightofthetype. j

.Theiliae oftype which during the-'operationof corn- ..posing moves towardsthe left, Fig.. 2, pushes in front of it-astopll that can rotate and is guidedupon and '12. WhenthetypeJ-line" hasaalmost reached thede- 'sired'length area -ward lug J i(Fig.i8) onthe stop 11 gmeetsithe lever 14 ofa bell310and causes the bell to Tstrike so'warning the 'compositor thatf he' must close 'theline. M

The stop 11 is guided upon the rod 12 with sufiicient friction to hold the letters set tightly locked up; for which purpose friction springs may be employed. :The support on whichthe stop slides isso. constructed that when the stop hasmoved a definiteidistance from the composing stick towards the rightyFig. 2, it is re- ""tated about the rod 12 and is raised up until it is in a ve'rtica1 position so that when 'the composed lines are I pushed furtheron it moves out of the path of the justifying wedges, see the dotted position'Figs; 3 and 4.

stop under the constant action of a spring which tends itoirotateit bathe-right but is prevented from so doing by alockingdovice such as a frictionlock for example 'siteleasedrsby lifting the stopancertain amount. 7 a trample, 10f sucha device is;,sliown";='in detaillin-105 l stop-Y-Illisengaged by a sleeve 34 which slides with and-P7. A lateral extension 'ofthehub of the thestop on the shaft 12, while its rotation is we wanted I by a key engaging in a longitudinal key- The lower part 1 of the justifying wedges 1 engage prevented from falling over in consequence of the in- This automatic raising of the stop may be attained by any desired means, such for example as by keeping the groove 36 of the shaft. A spring catch37 is adapted spectivcly'tends'io turn the step into its vertical position. But it is prevented from doing so by the spring J catch 37.' The latter, however, willyieid to the force exertedon per 16. VI I the stopbythe bent endsl? ofthe grip The mechanism new to be described is employed for 'carrying away'the; finished line.

Upona slide bar 15 is mounted so as to rotate and slide longitudinally, a gripper 'in theform of a lever 16 which is forked at its end and at its end portion17 each arm is bent approximately at right angles.

llhen composing the gripper 16 is caused to assume a raised position, as shown in Fig. 3, and is held in this position by a spring or as shown by a. weight 18. When a line has been completely composed the gripper 16 is depressed the bent over ends 17 then engaging each end of the line. The distance between the two ends 17 corresponds accurately to the length which the lines must/receive bytbe justification.

Above the rod 15 are located. two worms 19 and 20 which continuously revol've in the direction of the arrows.

An arm 22 of the gripper 16 when in its raised position engages the worm l9 and by its action is carried towards the 0nd in which the type enters, i. c. to the right of Fig. 2. The screw threads of the worm 19 cease at such a distance from this end that the gripper 16 remains stationary in the position seen in Fig. 2 inwhich it can grasp the composed line of type on its downward swing.

This downward movement or the gripper 16 is effected by hand,- and when so effected the arm 22 engages with the worm 20which pushes the gripper, together with the gripped line of type towards the left, Fig. 2. At the commencement of this movement the gripper 16 is held down by hand until one of its arms passes-behind a guide rod 21 which holds the gripper down on its further travel and until the line reaches the front of the galley, when, the gripper 16 is again released from the nod 21 and automatically goes up, under the action of a spring or the weight 18, and engages with the worm 19 which again carries it forward.

. in order to allow the 'lineof type with the grippers iii to move towards the left, Fig. 2, the stop 11 must be brought out of its path, it istherefore, as before described, so mounted that when raised a certain amount,

it assumes of its own accord a completely out-of-theway position shown by thedotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4. The preliminary raising is effected by one of the ends 17 of the gripper which when swung down engages the inclined or rounded end of the stop 11 On the way to the galley the line of type passes under the action of a hammer which drives in the wedges for the purpose of filling out the line. This hammer, which may be formed and operated as desired, in the example illustrated it comprises a slide 24 mounted in a guide 28 and having at its lower end a flexibly mounted percussion body 25. A spring 26 keeps the slide in the raised position and after being depressed returns it to the raised position. The d e- A spring 38 having pression is effected by two fingers 27 which are secured to a rotary shaft 28 and alternately come in contact can move downward. The bottom of the guiding gutter may be inclined, as shown in Fig. 2 in the form of an obliqueiydescending surface or in any other desired form, such for example as stepwise corresponding to the grade of type as shown in Fig. 5. The latter arrangement is particularly advantageous, because the positions of the sections 1 will always register, when pressed down, with the upperand lower surfaces of the type, whereby, when the wedges are broken off by the cutters 31, 32, as explained hereafter, no part of a section 1 will extend beyond the upper or lower surface of the types. The percussion body 25 is mounted to swing on the slide 24 so that it canyield when the line is completely justified and the wedges consequently cannot be unduly forced deeper. it can also, as shown, be influenced by a spring 29. in the same way the fingers 27 are yieldingly connected to the boss of the rotary shaft and are held in operative position by springs 30 which yield to strong rosistance. After the wedges have been pressed home the line is carried further to the left in Fig. 2, so that the revolving upper and lower cutters 31, 32 strike against the wedges and break them off. Upon further movement towards the left the projecting ends of the light cross pieces 1 will pass between the cutters the distance of the edges of which corresponds to the thickness of the-line, whereby said projecting ends are trimmed down and the line is perfectly smoothed. g

For the purpose of holding the line efficiently during the action of the cutters, a rail 33 may be arranged on thegripper 16 connecting both its arms and so arranged as to lie upon the head ends of the types when the lines are gripped. In like manner the foot ends of the types, instead of engaging in a recess 8 of the rear gutter wall may engage in a groove or channel the upper wall of which catches over the upper surface of the types as shown by dotted lines in 'Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. 8. l 1

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:

1. in 'a type setting machine, the combination with the composing stick adapted to receive a line of type, of a longitudinal bar extending from the composing stick to the galley, a swinging gripper siidably supported on sale bar and adapted to-be swung into engagement with the line of type, means normally to hold said gripper in its Before the hammer is reached the bottom retracted position away from the line of type, means opei'ntive when the gripper engages the line of type tomove the gripper to the galley, and automatic means to move the gripper from the galley back into its retracted position in front of the line of type.

2. in a type setting machine, the combination, with the composing stick adapted toreceive a line of type. of n longitudinal bar extending from the composing stick to the galley, a swinging gripper slldably supported on said bar and adapted to be swung into engagement with the jwlth anldworm until it arrlvea at'tllegalley wlnen lt wlll a t m ti l y. ln llmck' luto its retracted position, and. A n v worm nn'a'pged 1,toipngageftheagrlppg 'whgn ln lts re twiqtcd pqgl tlon 31nd tojmdveftll' same'lmck-lp new.

I line of type, means normally to hold 'sald grlpper ln' its retracted posltlon away from the llne of type, d rptary \v orm arranged'to be engaged by said grlpper and to move" l the aamefwltli the llne of type to the gallemlmezms, to

5' hold. the grlpper' ln -engagement wlth the ll'n'e of type and -lng witnesses.

'; the cbmbosllmg utlck, where said worm ls dlsghgnged ngaln 10 trom the grlpper.

ln testlmony thatI claim the foregoing as nly lnveutlon,-I have signed myname in presence of two subscribll AUGUST flfllllEPE. *WItnesse's: l

l HENRY HASPER, l I

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